Capsule pipeline
Object transportation
Pneumatic system
It was once envisaged that networks of massive tubes might be used to transport people.
“This system was large enough to handle small parcels, and on one occasion a cat was even sent from one post office to another along the tubes.” – Tom Standage
National Ice
Cream Day
Proclamation
It takes 12 pounds of milk to produce just 1 gallon of ice cream.
“Without ice cream, there would be darkness and chaos.” – Don Kardong
Low-value
Denomination
Transaction
America’s first nickel coins actually had a face value of three cents.
“Gamblers love coins so much, game manufacturers replicate the sound of coins dropping into the payout tray, even when no coins are involved!” – Scott Roeben
Visual meditation
Passive observer
Silent witness
The mannequin’s reflected world is a constant interplay of light and shadow, form and void.
“The soul does not become intellectual except by coming into contact with things through the senses.” – Thomas Aquinas
Color balance
Flux per
Unit area
Complex radiation within a confined space.
“There are two kinds of light – the glow that illuminates, and the glare that obscures.” – James Thurber
Tone touch
Tuning stability
Long life
Between equally good functional products the user will choose the more beautiful.
“There are two places where I can completely relax: in nature and by the piano.” – Sigrid
Natural world
Creative power
Intricate design
Order and harmony underlie the universe.
“Man is nothing else but what he makes of himself.” – Jean-Paul Sartre
Tangible impact
Direct physical effect
Deeply into place
The condition of thought and experience as a contingent unit of the always-already present.
“I was wondering myself where I am going. So I would answer you by saying, first, that I am trying, precisely, to put myself at a point so that I do not know any longer where I am going.” – Jacques Derrida
Imperial
620 snap shot
Camera
The Herbert George company founded by Herbert Weil and George Israel around 1945 manufactured a slew of simple plastic cameras.
“The lenses are simple meniscus glass lenses, with a fixed aperture of about f/11 and shutter speed of about 1/30- 1/60 sec.” – Mark O’Brien
Intersecting lines
Foundation scaffolding
Visual narrative
Art can reveal the grid as a human construct, subject to will and interpretation.
“Art becomes so specialized as to be comprehensible only to artists, and they complain bitterly of public indifference to their work.” – Wassily Kandinsky